Product of Fractions
What is 1/4 of 3/4?
3/16
What is 1/3 divided by 5?
1/15
What does the word reciprocal mean? Give an example of a reciprocal.
A reciprocal of a number is 1 divided by that number. For example, the reciprocal of 2 is 1/2 because it is 1 divided by 2.
Inaya read 2/5 of a book on Monday. She read 12 pages on Tuesday. If she still had 1/2 of the book to read, how many pages were there in the book?
There were 120 pages in the book.
4 and 3/5 x 5 and 3/4
21 and 1/5
Is the product of two fractions that are both less than 1 greater than or less than either of the factors?
The product is less than the factors.
3 boys shared 2/3 of a pizza equally. What fraction of the pizza did each boy receive?
Each boy had 2/9 of the pizza.
How many thirds are there in 2 wholes?
6 thirds
Emi made $84 on both days
4/5 divided by 1/6
4 and 4/5
Suzi ate 1/6 of a pie and gave 1/5 of the remainder to her sister. What fraction of the fruit pie did she give away?
She gave away 1/6 of the pie.
4/9 divided by 8
1/18
What is 2/9 divided by 1/4
8/9
Aarav, Kiran, and Gibson bought 54 pretzels. They gave away 2/3 of them and ate 1/6 of the remainder. How many pretzels did they have left?
They have 15 pretzels left
5/6 x 120
100
9/4 x 16/3
12
9/11 divided by 6
3/22
1/2 Divided by 3 + 5 x 3 and 3/5
18 and 1/6
Mr. Newby bought 4 lbs of meat with 2/5 of his money. He still had $24 left. How much did 1 lb of meat cost?
1 lb of meat cots $4
A 4/10 meter rope is divided into 3 parts. How long is each part of rope?
Each part is 4/30 meters long.
Ms. Mac buys 1 and 3/7 pounds of sugar. He uses 3/4 of it for a science experiment. How much sugar did he use?
He used 1 and 1/14 pounds of sugar.
5 friends shared 7/8 of a pie equally. What fraction of the pie did each friend get?
Each friend received 7/40 of the pie.
5 and 2/3 divided by 1 and 3/5
3 and 13/24
Chloe had $40 left.
3 and 1/4 divided by 6 and 1/2
1/2